-- metalink bug 7340448 -- oracle 10.2.0.4 drop table t; drop table t1; drop table t2; create table t ( pat varchar2(10) ); begin for i in 1 .. 1000 loop insert into t values('abcdedghi'); end loop; end; / commit; create table t1 ( pk number , val varchar2(100) ); begin for i in 1 .. 1000 loop insert into t1 values(i,'a'); end loop; end; / commit; create table t2 as select /*+ USE_NL(t) ordered */ pk, val, pat from t1,t where regexp_like(val,pat) /